UNESCO Learning City PalliniGreece
Pallini, located in Greece, was inducted into UNESCO’s Global Network of Learning Cities in 2022.
Pallini is a modern and diverse urban centre located close to the Greek capital Athens. Citizens are mainly engaged in wholesale and retail trade, with many employed in the public sector.
Pallini is a modern and diverse urban centre located close to the Greek capital Athens. Citizens are mainly engaged in wholesale and retail trade, with many employed in the public sector.
A commitment to building a sustainable city
Pallini recognizes the importance of lifelong learning and is committed to building a sustainable city to respond to various social, economic, cultural and environmental challenges.
The city focuses on the empowerment of individuals, the promotion of cultural prosperity, and the use of modern learning technologies. Through lifelong learning, it hopes to provide its citizens with skills, knowledge and attitudes that will improve their quality of life.
The city focuses on the empowerment of individuals, the promotion of cultural prosperity, and the use of modern learning technologies. Through lifelong learning, it hopes to provide its citizens with skills, knowledge and attitudes that will improve their quality of life.
A local action plan for lifelong learning
In 2019, Pallini adopted local policies on environmental protection, health, well-being and resilience, and the promotion and fostering of a green local economy.
The targets of the above-mentioned policies were incorporated into a ‘local action plan for lifelong learning, using Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) as a guiding tool for their achievement.
The targets of the above-mentioned policies were incorporated into a ‘local action plan for lifelong learning, using Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) as a guiding tool for their achievement.
Promoting equity and inclusion
One of the strategic goals of the City of Pallini is to ensure the elimination of gender bias and discrimination based on race, ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation.
The city has adopted a local policy on diversity, equity, and inclusion, implementing community actions focused on tolerance in schools, women’s empowerment, LGBTQ rights, and inclusion of migrants and refugees.
The city has adopted a local policy on diversity, equity, and inclusion, implementing community actions focused on tolerance in schools, women’s empowerment, LGBTQ rights, and inclusion of migrants and refugees.
Gender responsive policies and vocational training initiatives
In line with Sustainable Development Goal 8, Pallini has adopted a gender-responsive policy on employment and decent work, which integrates fundamental pillars for providing decent work environments and responds to the challenges of the emerging social, economic, environmental, and technological changes. The city provides vocational training, workshops for professionals and career-change seminars.
Pallini’s good practices The Green City project
The Green City project provides mobile recycling centres, where citizens can earn reward points to use at local businesses.
Pallini’s good practices The Followgreen Programme
The Followgreen programme for environmental awareness is offered for the protection of the environment at the neighbourhood level. It mobilizes citizens by rewarding them for their participation in environmental protection actions.
Pallini’s good practices Women entrepreneurship
During COVID-19, the Municipality of Pallini launched a project on women’s entrepreneurship in cooperation with 13 other municipalities.
Lifelong learning for all
As part of the Global Network of Learning Cities, the UNESCO learning city of Pallini will continue to work towards providing learning opportunities for young and old!
Hand in hand with other UNESCO learning cities across the globe it aims at making the promise of lifelong learning for all a reality.
Hand in hand with other UNESCO learning cities across the globe it aims at making the promise of lifelong learning for all a reality.
The UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities
The UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC) supports and improves the practice of lifelong learning in member cities by promoting policy dialogue and peer learning, documenting effective strategies and good practice, fostering partnerships, providing capacity development, and developing tools and instruments to design, implement and monitor learning cities strategies.
UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities
Image Credits: Municipality of Pallini; Kampus Production/Pexels; Pexels/pixabay; Emma Rahmani/Baseimage; VioletaStoimenova/Getty Images; AleksandarNakic/Getty Images
UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities
Image Credits: Municipality of Pallini; Kampus Production/Pexels; Pexels/pixabay; Emma Rahmani/Baseimage; VioletaStoimenova/Getty Images; AleksandarNakic/Getty Images
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Pallini
A commitment to building a sustainable city
A local action plan for lifelong learning
Promoting equity and inclusion
Gender responsive policies and vocational training initiatives
The Green City project
The Followgreen Programme
Women entrepreneurship
Lifelong learning for all
The UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities